100 Broilers and Fermented Feed Project

[Beekissed]

WOW!!! Awesome information to know. I wasn't aware of the bottom starting to heat up. That's perfect. Poop Lasagna sounds good to me.

I have to get my ordering scheduling on track next year. This was definitely a test for me but I think I'll be ready. I have a lot of ides for the next batch.

Has anyone tried saving that poop for a garden or would the poop be too "hot" or powerful for the garden right away?

Too, too hot....that has to be cooled down in a compost or just in the coop while it degrades and composts. Ask me how I know.....

 

[kuntrygirl]

WOW!!! Awesome information to know. I wasn't aware of the bottom starting to heat up. That's perfect. Poop Lasagna sounds good to me.


I have to get my ordering scheduling on track next year. This was definitely a test for me but I think I'll be ready. I have a lot of ides for the next batch.


Has anyone tried saving that poop for a garden or would the poop be too "hot" or powerful for the garden right away?

Too, too hot....that has to be cooled down in a compost or just in the coop while it degrades and composts.  Ask me how I know..... 

Uuhhhhhhhhhhhh, how do you know?

 

[Beekissed]

'Cause I did it...and I had corn with purple leaves and some really imbalanced soil that I had the dickens to correct in time for any kind of harvest. It still ruined the yield that year, no matter how much I tried to neutralize it with lime.

 

[kuntrygirl]

'Cause I did it...and I had corn with purple leaves and some really imbalanced soil that I had the dickens to correct in time for any kind of harvest.  It still ruined the yield that year, no matter how much I tried to neutralize it with lime. 

OH NO !!!!!!!!!!!! Corn with purple leaves? WOW!!! Sorry to hear about it ruining your yield for the year. Was a lot of your veggies ruined?

 

[WalkingWolf1]

, . . . . just kept making poop lasagna. . . . . .

and there's that true-to-life reference Bee is always known for

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I'm with you on the "don't stir, just add more" with the bedding. Done it both ways and much prefer to let the sleeping dog lie. As mentioned, I find the organic process to be better established if it was left alone and simply added to.

 

[Beekissed]

Can't help it! They just come shootin' out of my mouth like a salad shooter!

 

[Beekissed]

OH NO !!!!!!!!!!!! Corn with purple leaves? WOW!!! Sorry to hear about it ruining your yield for the year. Was a lot of your veggies ruined?

Yep, all my tomatoes, peppers and onions and the corn didn't develop like it should have.

 

[kuntrygirl]

I will go online and find a conversion chart and try to figure out how many bags (at 8 cubic feet per bag) are really needed for my 12 foot long 4 foot wide brooder area. to get a 4 inch layer. :/

To fill that space to 4" deep you will need two 8 cubic foot bags. (4 x 12 x 1/3 = 16)

Thank you very much for that info. Now, I don't have to look it up.

 

[apteryx]

Thank you very much for that info. Now, I don't have to look it up.

You're welcome! Happy to help. I am learning a lot from both your thread and Angelicisi's. It's one thing to read the theory of how these birds should be raised, but I find it more helpful to hear of real day to day experiences. Thank you for taking the time to maintain this thread.

 

[aoxa]

Too, too hot....that has to be cooled down in a compost or just in the coop while it degrades and composts. Ask me how I know.....

Yeah - this is why if you want to use it straight away you can let it steep in a bag of water and just use the water to your garden.

I've never properly composted. I always put it in a pile and never touch it after. I have mountains and mountains. Before we owned this property, there was horses 10 years ago, and before that an all out farm with pigs, horses, chickens, turkeys, etc. The compost or manure pile was started 20 years ago.



Oh look, here is one of the small ones that turned into a green hill Hahaha. Well you know it's healthy.